Atoms, black holes and gravity - Queen's College celebrates science!

For part of the week, the children worked together in house groups where age groups were mixed together to design a parachute. The parachutes were then tested; the day culminated in a parachute “house competition”.

The whole of the primary department and staff came to school dressed as scientists - physicists, chemists, paleontologists, botanists, cosmonologists to name but a few! Isaac Newton rubbed shoulders with Jane Goodall and Einstein - white coats, microscopes and safety goggles filled the classrooms. Test tubes bubbled with luminous liquids and balloons represented atoms.

The children made models, created posters, used Chrome books to help with investigations and carry out experiments; they brought in treasured telescopes, dinosaurs, microscopes and magnifying glasses to accessorise their costumes!